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Annotation Research findings and expert opinion on the problem of snow skiing injury. Thirty-nine papers, by experts in skiing traumatology and safety, cover: epidemiology, skier behavior, ability, and conditioning, specific injuries, boot and binding mechanics, biomechanics of the lower extremity and of thumb injuries, skiing safety, biomedical testing, clothing. These are papers of the meeting in Chamonix, France, May 1987. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.